Sooo....Texans are domineering. (Read 1020 times)

The dj's on the local morning radio show were reading a list of tips for people visiting the U.S. from other countries. The list included things like: how to tip in a restaurant, what to bring to a dinner party, etc. Then there was this one: watch out in Texas, because the people there have a domineering attitude. So.....are we really that bad? I've heard rumors, but I think we're nice.

True, it was annexed through an act of aggression against Mexico, primarily so that the Southern states could have a new territory in which to practice slavery (which was illegal in Mexico.)

It was this act of aggression by the U.S. that led Thoreau to write his famous essay on Civil Disobedience. Both Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams opposed the war, characterizing it as a hostile act against a friendly neighbor and an bald attempt to expand the practice of slavery.

(A strong case can be made that the annexation of Texas was the primary precipitating event of the Civil War... as it showed the extent to which the South's insistence on slavery could drive the country away from its founding principles as a country committed to non-aggression.)

True, it was annexed through an act of aggression against Mexico, primarily so that the Southern states could have a new territory in which to practice slavery (which was illegal in Mexico.)

It was this act of aggression by the U.S. that led Thoreau to write his famous essay on Civil Disobedience. Both Abraham Lincoln and John Quincy Adams opposed the war, characterizing it as a hostile act against a friendly neighbor and an bald attempt to expand the practice of slavery.

(A strong case can be made that the annexation of Texas was the primary precipitating event of the Civil War... as it showed the extent to which the South's insistence on slavery could drive the country away from its founding principles as a country committed to non-aggression.)

My cousin and her friend used to stare at the picture of Santa Ana in their Texas History books and talk about how CUTE he was.

My comment was a two-level joke.

One, we were all brain washed that he WAS EEEEEEVIL.

Two, he was a legendary womanizer... one (now debunked) legend we all heard about San HAAAAcinto was this (from wiki): "It was well known that when on campaign, Santa Anna would send aides to round up the prettiest women for his pleasure. According to legend, he was "entertaining" a mulatto woman named Emily Morgan at the time of opening salvo. A song titled "The Yellow Rose of Texas" was later written about Emily Morgan's role in the battle. No primary source evidence corroborates this story, however, and it is now dismissed by historians."